Military Gadgets, or Dare Me to Break

Normally the most advanced and robust technologies came from the military sector. Nowadays they target masses of civil end-users and evolve so quickly that army is the one that borrows inventions and modifies them till they meet the reliability requirements.

For instance, John Eicher has introduced the new case for iPhone 4 that is intended to turn the fragile gadget impervious. The most up-to-date materials and technologies applied to the construction help the case meet the Military Standard 810-G and damp vibrations and strokes. Seems like the price of $99 looks reasonable now that you understand that, exposed to mechanical or blast influence, your iPhone will remain stable. At the same time we can only guess what kind of fascinating military applications iPhone designers are developing there.

Another militarized gadget that caught our eye is MobileDemand xTablet C1200 laptop. It meets the Military Standard 810-G due to its resistance to falling, dust, moisture, jolty and strokes.
The laptop has a rotating 12.1-inch touch-screen display with a 1280×800 resolution, a dual-core Intel Core i5 520UM processor with capacity up to 1.96 GHz and an 8 Gb RAM.

The device also features a SDHC card-reader, a slot for Express 34 cards, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and USB and e-SATA ports, while the wireless opportunities of the laptop extend to WLAN, WWAN, Bluetooth, 3G and a GPS-receiver. Optionally, the HDD can be equipped with an anti-shock protection.

MobileDemand xTablet C1200 is expected to be released no sooner than March, and there are no rumors about the price of the wonder-laptop, but this kind of robustness is surely worth a lot. It has never been an issue for the army though, so the military fellows will be all set and ready to go.